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This subcommand is used to zap lvs, partitions or raw devices that have been used
by ceph OSDs so that they may be reused. If given a path to a logical
volume it must be in the format of vg/lv. Any filesystems present
on the given lv or partition will be removed and all data will be purged.

Note

The lv or partition will be kept intact.

Note

If the logical volume, raw device or partition is being used for any ceph related
mount points they will be unmounted.

Zapping a logical volume:

ceph-volumelvmzap{vgname/lvname}

Zapping a partition:

ceph-volumelvmzap/dev/sdc1

If you are zapping a raw device or partition and would like any vgs or lvs created
from that device removed use the --destroy flag. A common use case is to simply
deploy OSDs using a whole raw device. If you do so and then wish to reuse that device for
another OSD you must use the --destroy flag when zapping so that the vgs and lvs that
ceph-volume created on the raw device will be removed.